Growing up in Jamaica isn't like the movies.

For forward Khadija Shaw, who grew up in Spanish Town, her family found themselves embroiled in the violence and corruption. Captain Koyna Plummer struggled with education while defender Den-Den Blackwood mother didn't have the money to send her to school or training, so at times she wouldn't attend. 

That's why this foundation means so much.

The RGF was born out of Adamolekun experience in seeing the differences between the United States and Jamaican football system. Her daughter, 18-year-old forward Olufolasade Adamolekun, played from Under-14 to Under-18 for the US national team.

"It was an amazing experience in the sense that, in hindsight, I didn't realize how blessed they truly were in as it relates to resources," Adamolekun said.

At the age of 16, Olufolasade was asked to play in the Under 20's Jamaican women's team during the 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 and U-17 Championship qualification but there were no camps to prepare for the tournament together.

Every one relied on each other to sort of their own preparation.

"That's when it really it started to hit me that there was a serious gap," Adamolekun said.

Speaking to parents there weren't many positives, they had tried before to get help to have more resources but it hadn't worked. 

"I talked with the coaches and said, 'I've got an idea, what are your thoughts about creating a foundation, kind of a fundraising arm for the reggae girls so that we can ensure we can really start to create a feeder pool, and really start to develop young girls?'," Adamolekun said.

"I pulled together a couple of parents that were equally as passionate around what we could do it, we put our heads together.